Doodle God

App review by Christopher Healy, Common Sense Media
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Common Sense says

age 16+

Omnipotent fun, but for older teens only.

iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire Strategy Games
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Parents say

age 8+

Based on 2 reviews

Kids say

age 12+

Based on 15 reviews

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A Lot or a Little?

The parents' guide to what's in this app.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Doodle God puts players in the role of a god creating a new universe from scratch. Starting with only four elements (earth, air, fire, and water), you need to combine the elements to figure out how to create everything else in existence. You can create alcoholic beverages in the game and there are jokes about alcohol. You can also make two humans have sex. Everything is depicted with small thumbnail images. There is also a fantasy aspect to the game, as you can end up creating fantasy monsters like golems, ghosts, zombies, and walking tree people (treants). Our review is based on the iPhone app; the Android app may have some differences in functionality.

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Good or Bad Adult
September 13, 2020
age 7+

I can't belive what they have done.

This is not even a shadow of the flash version. You have to pay to make the elements or wait a set time limit to be able to make elements. When I got the app I expected the flash version (play it, it is worth it) but with more stuff. But instead I got the flash version that will squeeze you for every penny, I has more elements, sure, but at what cost. This was one of the few games that defined my childhood, now instead of remembering it as one of the best parts of my childhood I will only remember it as a part, a part that was dragged through the mud by this app. If they wanted to charge money for the game I would have been fine with it, hell I would have bought it, but to make people pay or have to wait to make elements. That killed it. Don't bother getting this game. Find and play the flash version, you'll be able to find it somewhere. It has less stuff but you wont have to pay to use the core part of the game.

This title has:

Too much consumerism
zuju
zuju Adult
December 15, 2011
age 9+

Love it!!!!

Love it!!!

This title has:

Educational value
Great messages
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What’s It About?

Kids begin with the four historical \"elements\" of earth, air, fire, and water, and then tap on pairs to create new elements or \"groups.\" There are predetermined combinations, so . . . in the beginning . . . kids just run through combinations. For example, earth and fire make lava, and lava and water make stone and steam. Eventually, a prompt challenges kids to create a new \"element,\" the first being a worm.

Is It Any Good?

DOODLE GOD is a fabulously original concept. Can you create everything in existence, from swamps and clay to dolphins and plasma out of four elements (earth, air, fire, and water)? There's a whole lot of trial and error, mixing one thing with another just to see what happens. But there's also a good strategic aspect to the game. If it gives you a clue such as "What could you combine to form plankton?" you can look at what you've got and decide that your best shot would be water and bacteria. Poof! You've got plankton -- which you can then combine with other elements to create even more new things. This game is addictively fun.

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